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Thanksgiving That Just Bubbles Over
It is November, and true to form, I have chosen Thankfulness as the word for this month. I know, you are probably being invited to list things you are grateful for all over your social media. But this is a bit different. I’m not going to ask you to make a single list. I am […]
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Surviving the Storm
“Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock.” Mattew 7:24 (NLT) Most of us are familiar with this verse. And the next “Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse […]
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Shake Off the Past and Embrace Redemption
She handed a long green strip of paper to my grandmother and already my sisters and I were jockeying to be the one who got to paste the stamps into the book. As children, we loved to browse the catalog. We focused on toys and sporting equipment while my grandmother marked items in the house-wear section […]
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Write Your Own How-To Message to Show Off Christ
Turn on the television, jump over to Facebook, Twitter, or any one of dozens of sites just like them and you are bombarded with “how-to” messages and things you must do, must have, or should never… In him lie hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Colossians 2:3 Paul is talking to believers about […]
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What Does Wisdom Look Like?
The Lord looks down from heaven on the entire human race; he looks to see if anyone is truly wise, if anyone seeks God. Psalm 14:2 (NLT) At one time, I thought knowledge would solve a lot of my problems. I loved learning and as I left high school and a difficult family life behind, my goal was […]
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The Path to Wisdom
I have been studying wisdom. In our society, we tend to think of the wise as one who possesses knowledge or intelligence. Here’s what fascinates me. The source of all wisdom is God and I believe he is all knowing and certainly has intelligence. So much so, that even thinking we might have a bit of […]
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Facing a Challenge When You Feel Inadequate
Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. Ephesians 3:20 NLT For a long time, friends who know me well have been telling me, “you need to write.” And you know, my heart is really in writing […]
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When It Feels Like the World is Careening Out of Control, God’s Got It!
So many things happen that I don’t understand. I’m not talking about things that happen just to me. I see it all around me, and I know there is much more, so much more, that I don’t see. But just because there is adversity, just because evil does exist and people are hurt by it, […]
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When It’s Too Big to Control You Need Power Under Control
I already knew this thing was too big to control. We flew in a helicopter over the Grand Canyon. It was very dramatic. This bubble of windows flew low over the trees with a recorded soundtrack playing. It was some dramatic music I don’t remember, only that it was building to a crescendo. Suddenly, the […]
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Life Lessons as God Guides Our Steps
Some lessons are learned by walking them. I had retired and had plans to get so many things accomplished. God had other plans. He knew I had some healing to do and he provided the space for that. But then, I got stuck. I had spent so many years rushing that once I set down […]
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